A relative bargain. A quality cello used in a symphony orchestra can sell for 10 million or more.
Those were handcrafted instruments by renowned luthiers, hundreds of years old.
This was an off-the-rack Fender Stratocaster, factory produced. Gilmour replaced the neck on it and at one time routed out the body for a Kahler tremolo which he grew tired of and later plugged it back up with a block of wood.